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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-06-01, Page 1LL4 t' Single copy 35c 1.t'CkfO% Jamboree '83 Published in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, June 1, 1983 Bernadine Kinney of Kingabride celebrated her 80th birthday on May 24 and relatives, friends and neighbours held an open house at the Kingsbridge Parish Hall hi her honour on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Kinney, who is an active member of the community, received bit wishes from representatives of various organizations she has worked with since her retirement to the Community. John Austin, reeve of Ashfield Township, presented a scroll bringing greetings from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. tSentlnel Staff Photo] Set Ashfield budget A property in Ashfield Township with an assessment of $5,000.00 will be paying $95.45 more in property taxes this year following the setting of the 1983 budget of $1,541,039.00, at the May meeting. A summary of the proposed mill rates for 1983 show general township rates to be 51.000 for farm and residential and 60.000 for commercial and business. This is up from 48.04 for farm and residential and 56.52 for commercial and business in 1982. Road construction set for August Reconstruction of Bruce County Road 1, at the north limits of the village of Lucknow, has been delayed by the wet weather and the project has been deferred until August. County engineer Eldon Yundt told Bruce County Council May 17, a road crew tried to start the work the week of May 9 - 13, but it was simply too wet, The new culvert has been installed on Ross Street, Lucknow, County road crews completed this project last week. The construction crew is presently working on Bruce County Road 7. south of Ripley and Yundt anticipates this work to be completed before the summer vacation shut down at the end of July. Identifies picture Bernadean Ritchie of Lucknow correctly identified the picture of Diane Hackett in last week's Sentinel at three minutes past 9 on Wednesday morning. She wins a voucher to he used at the Superscoop ice Cream Parlour. courtesy of the Lucknow Sentinel. Several readers phoned to identify the member of the Lucknow Pipe Band, but Dr. R. B. Treleaven was the first to correctly identify Watt Webster of Clinton who will plan with the hand, when they reunite for the Jamboree '83 parade during the Jamboree festivities. The county levy is 37.910 for farm and residential and 44.600 for commercial and business up from 33.97 farm and residential and 39.97 commercial and business in 1982, The elementary public school rate is 72,944 farm and residential and 85.816 commercial and business up from 64.11 and 75.43 respectively in 1982. The separate school rates are 71.850 farm and residential, up from 63.50 in 1982. Secondary rates are Turn to page 2* 20 Pages Bernadine Kinney is 80 Bernadine Kinney and comedian Bob Hope are sharing something in common these days. Both have just celebrated their 80th birthdays with all the accompanying publicity. And both are as active and vivacious as many 20 years younger. Members of the Kingsbridge Parish held an open house on Sunday when relatives, friends and neighbours gathered to wish "Bern", as they fondly call her a Happy Birthday. She says she never thought of herself being an octogenarian. But now that she has celebrated her 80th birthday she finds it is good, Mrs. Kinney retired to Kingsbridge community 10 years ago having been a summer resident since she and her husband purchased a house there in 1946. For someone who planned to write and research her genealogy during her retirement, she has been actively involved in her community and has met many people through her association with various organizations who are proud to call 'her friend, She worked to preserve the Huron Historic Gaol because her grandfather was Jailer Griffin, the first jailer in the Canadian penal system to permit the prisoners to leave the jail during their confinement. She remains a member of the Gaol Board. She joined the Huron Historical Society and the Godericl, Genealogical Society because of her interest in family roots. She is a descendant of Morgan King, one of the original nine settlers in the Kingsbridge community and for whom the community is named. She is also president of the Kingsbridge Genealogy Society which was started by her brother, Father Ralph O'Loughlin at a meeting in her home in 1967. This Society held a Kingsbridge Reunion in 1970. The interest in family genealogy, she and her brother share, was stimulated by their mother who wrote the "History of St. Joseph's Parish in 1936. ,, She received the Catholic Women's League Maple Leaf Award for her contri- bution to the community and the league last December, She was instrumental in the initiation of the Garvey Public Speaking Awards at the Kingsbridge Community School. She was also active in the creation of a senior citizens club in the community. Turn to page 20 Set aside funds for capital project By Henry Hess Aided by a sparkling financial perform- ance during the past year, the Wingham and District Hospital has been able to set aside a significant sum of money for future capital spending, including the planned $1.4 million expansion of emergency, outpatient and x-ray departments. The financial statement to be presented at the annual meeting of the hospital associa- tion June 16 will recommend appropriating for capital projects some $645,000 in donations and interest income which has accumulated over the past 24 years. The statement will also show a surplus on operations of $155,000 for 1982-83, offset - Wins trip to Geneva Susan Meyer of Holyrood has won a trip to Geneva, Switzerland as one of three winners in a nationwide telecommunications poster contest. Susan, a grade nine student at F. E. Madill Secondary in Wingham, received a telegram from federal communications min- ister Francis Fox May 20. informing her that as a winner she will attend Telecom '83 in Geneva in October. Her poster will form part of the worldwide photo and drawing compe- tition, Telecom '83, held every four years to puhliciie the role of telecommunications in the world today. This is the fourth contest, open to 155 different countries, with Canada taking part for the first time. She also receives a $500 savings bond. At present Susan's poster is on display at the Salon des Sciences et Technologies in Montreal. It was one of several entries from Madill which swept the medals at the Huron Wins lottery Matthew and Sarah Hunter of Toronto are the u inners of the Jamboree lottery draw held May 25. The lucky ticket #20.3 was drawn by Bob McIntosh of the Jamboree '83 eommitte:. County Science Fair in Clinton and then went on to the national contest. The poster contest is part of a project called Youth in the Electronic Age. Susan's entry is a three-dimensional poster, in the form' of a shallow box lined with tinfoil and covered with clear plastic. Inside is a globe, cut from construction paper, with three figures, also cut from paper and representing people of different races. seated on the globe. The figure in the centre holds a telephone with the cord, made from copper wire, looped around the three. illustrating the them, Telecommunications: Pulling Us Closer Together. A satellite is shown in the background. Susan says her win is an unexpected surprise because her poster is really just the development of an idea she thought of last year for a Grade 8 art project. She did not expect it would win in the national contest because it is not very detailed. "1 think they liked it because there was nothing else like it," she says. Susan is excited about the trip to Geneva and says she finds telecommunications and art interesting. But this doesn't change her plans to become a lawyer when she graduat- es. She plans to go into criminal law and become a judge. Her interest in law is part of a family tradition. it turns out. Her father works at the Walkerton jail and her brother wants to become a policeman. ting the previous year's operating deficit of $152,000. In presenting the report to members of the hospital board last week, Robert Pike, chairman of the finance and audit commit- tee, explained the reasons for distinguishing between donations and interest income and the operating surplus. "interest income and donations really are not for the day-to-day operations of the hospital," he noted, They are intended to be used for capital projects. As a result, in preparing the year end statement, the committee and the auditors decided to show these amounts separate from the operating funds, Turn to page 5. Susan Meyer of Holyrood has won a trip to Geneva, Switzerland In October as one of three winners in a nationwide telecommunl- cations poster contest. In Geneva Susan will attend Telecom '83, where her poster will form part of a world wide photo and drawing competitlin held every four years to public- ize the role of telecommunications in the world today. Susan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer of Holyrood and a grade 9 student at F. E. Madill Secondary In Wingham. (Sentinel Staff Photo)